Monthly Archives: August 2014

Bandsaw – lower wheel drive pulley 2

Posted on 29/08/2014 by AlanM52

The lower wheel has a drive pulley with a V-grove to accommodate the notched V belt. To cut the grove in the drive pulley I need to some how spin the thing so I made a smaller pulley and cut … Continue reading →

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Workshop update

Posted on 28/08/2014 by AlanM52

Located in the centre of the garage workshop (next to the table saw) is the main workbench that my dad and I built some 50 years ago – OMG.

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Free stuff

Posted on 28/08/2014 by AlanM52

For the last few months the elderly couple across the road have been preparing to move out (rented property) which coincided with our annual rubbish collection earlier this month. So yeah…got some pickings off their pile of stuff.

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Dusty

Posted on 26/08/2014 by AlanM52

Always nice to have company while grazing.

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Holly update

Posted on 26/08/2014 by AlanM52

It’s been one month since Holly had her knee op – crikey. Tonight she is booked in for another check up and then we start her rehab, daily walks of 10 mins for the first week and then increasing that … Continue reading →

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Digital Photo Tachometer

Posted on 26/08/2014 by AlanM52

Purchased one of these off Ebay for around $20 bucks so I can measure the speed of things, in particular the bandsaw.   Been going around measuring stuff that rotates – interesting.

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Bandsaw – skateboard bearings

Posted on 25/08/2014 by AlanM52

I need some bearings for the blade guides and fortuitously came across a skateboard (kids grown up & left home) while putting stuff out for our annual council clean up – nice. Skateboards have 2 bearings per wheel so I … Continue reading →

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Bandsaw – new motor pulley

Posted on 21/08/2014 by AlanM52

The new motor pulley that I made needs some grub screws to secure it to the motor shaft so back to Masters hardware. Two packets of assorted grub screws – nice.

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Bandsaw – collecting the bits

Posted on 19/08/2014 by AlanM52

Browsing through Masters and came across a nice little hardware section down in one of the back rows. All sorts of threaded rod and other metal stuff so with the bandsaw blade tensioner in mind grabbed a 300mm length of … Continue reading →

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Bandsaw – collecting the bits

Posted on 18/08/2014 by AlanM52

Bought a V-belt from Supercheap Auto for $12 – to drive the lower wheel.

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